If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.
Interpretation
Understanding the problem leads to finding the solution, as they are interconnected.
Jiddu Krishnamurti emphasizes that the essence of a solution lies within the problem itself. By deeply understanding the nature of the issue at hand, one can uncover answers that align closely with the challenges being faced. This perspective encourages a holistic view of problems, suggesting that solutions emerge naturally when we grasp the complexities behind them.
In practice
In a team meeting discussing project challenges, this quote can inspire the team to focus on understanding the issues deeply before jumping to solutions.
The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but to avoid a problem is only to intensify it, and in the process, self-knowledge and freedom are abandoned.
In seeking comfort, we generally find a quiet corner in life where there is a minimum of conflict, and then we are afraid to step out of that seclusion.
If you listen through the screen of your desires, then you obviously listen to your own voice; you are listening to your own desires.
If you have this extraordinary thing going in your life, then it is everything; then you become the teacher, the disciple, the neighbour, the beauty of the cloud - you are all that, and that is love.
Meditation is one of the greatest arts in life - perhaps the greatest, and one cannot possibly learn it from anybody, that is the beauty of it.
All of us have been trained by education and environment to seek personal gain and security and to fight for ourselves. Though we cover it over with pleasant phrases, we have been educated for various professions within a system which is based on exploitation and acquisitive fear.
When you possess light within, you see it externally.
Be the witness of your thoughts.
Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-- Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind--
The things you do not have to say make you rich. Saying things you do not have to say weakens your talk. Hearing things you do not need to hear dulls your hearing. And things you know before you hear them β those are you, those are why you are in the world.
When you are unhappy, you are just coming in touch with your own boundaries. Turn the whole situation into a prayer & you will walk through it.
There's enough sorrow in the world, isn't there, without trying to invent it.
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